Dude, didn't they extend the BART line out to Livermore? BART is awesomely easy and cheap. Much much cheaper than living in SF.

They only just started breaking ground a couple months ago and it won't be done until 2020 at best. Also, a quick search of rent prices in San Francisco yields a per-bedroom cost almost completely equivalent (and in some cases cheaper) than Livermore.

God I am so fucking pumped for SLOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN I am bringing my camera

Anyway, I Need Sleep changed their name and are playing here soon. Plus, Title Tracks tomorrow night. I figure even if he is my least favorite member of Q and Not U, he should still be doing some cool stuff, right?

Andrew W.K. and Japanther tonight - free show in a giant art museum. I'm gonna party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party!

Gogol Bordello are playing near you? Lucky. I'd love to see them. They've played twice in the Bay Area within the last year. In '08 they played at Slim's. I don't see any tour dates in the near future, but if they come back to the Bay anytime soon, I'm taking that day off from work.

So Dropkick Murphys last night was pretty good, considering the opening 3 songs played were 3 of the 4 songs I knew by them. First off, the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ is a pretty cool place. Great part of the city, the theater itself was beautiful. The sound inside was decent, not amazing, not awful. The Murphys came out on fire. About 5-6 songs into the show, the singer started yelling at a guy all the way down in the front about something during a song. When the song was over, he yelled at the guy again. I don't really know what the guy was doing, but it was enough to piss the band & the bouncers off. Then, about :30 into the next song, all the sound goes out. All of it. The band waited it out for a few minutes, then walked off the stage. The house lights kept coming on and off, and no one really knew what was going on. The crowd started getting pissed. Finally, after at least 20 minutes, the band came back on, played two songs, and then announced that the fire alarm had been pulled. They thought the guy they yelled at pulled it. It sucked but at least it was kinda entertaining. The rest of the show was pretty good.

So Dropkick Murphys last night was pretty good, considering the opening 3 songs played were 3 of the 4 songs I knew by them. First off, the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ is a pretty cool place. Great part of the city, the theater itself was beautiful. The sound inside was decent, not amazing, not awful. The Murphys came out on fire. About 5-6 songs into the show, the singer started yelling at a guy all the way down in the front about something during a song. When the song was over, he yelled at the guy again. I don't really know what the guy was doing, but it was enough to piss the band & the bouncers off. Then, about :30 into the next song, all the sound goes out. All of it. The band waited it out for a few minutes, then walked off the stage. The house lights kept coming on and off, and no one really knew what was going on. The crowd started getting pissed. Finally, after at least 20 minutes, the band came back on, played two songs, and then announced that the fire alarm had been pulled. They thought the guy they yelled at pulled it. It sucked but at least it was kinda entertaining. The rest of the show was pretty good.

Never a boring experience, DKM live. I'm kinda bummed I'm not going to any of their Boston shows this year. I've been to at least one the past three years.

Well, I'm back from that Alex Lukashevsky/T H O M A S/Luxury Pond show. Sadly, the latter didn't perform. Lukashevsky was really cool and Thomas from T H O M A S recognised me at the end of the show. He's such a nice guy.